2021 Mount Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

$145

Total $145
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Description

With the release of our 2021 vintage, we have significantly reduced our production volume to focus on improving quality; as we decreased the size of the blend, our winemaking team has had the opportunity to hand pick the best lots. The selection and blending process has become much more intense and focused, allowing our winemaking team to select vineyards and blocks that tell the story of how a Mount Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet should taste and feel—ensuring that it has the layers, complexity, and energy seen in our signature mountain inspired style. We have a very precise and thoughtful sourcing strategy, only selecting fruit from vineyards that exhibit the character and complex flavour profile that reflect the character of our estate vineyards on Mount Veeder and signature house style. For our Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, we include fruit from our Mount Veeder estate vineyards in the final blend to add complexity, character, and to ensure that our Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is imbued with the style and character of the wines from our mountain estate.

Aromas: Expressive on the nose with notes of baking spices, cedar, fig, and black cherry.

Flavours: Notes of brooding red fruit flood the palate—the wine is soft yet structured on the palate, with plush tannins, moderate acidity, and a long finish that lingers with notes of black tea and bramble.

Vintage: 2021

ABV: 14.8%

The 2021 vintage brought us drought conditions, but with gentle, consistent temperatures, and has yielded a collection of wonderful wines of amazing quality. Early season rains dried up by the end of February and we subsequently saw no rain for many months. Fortunately, easy temperatures and optimal weather eased us through budbreak in April and on to bloom in May. Ideal temperatures continued through the summer months, and the even weather found us at veraison in early July. The year's dry conditions resulted in lower-than-average yields, but gave us fruit for excellent concentration in the form of small beautiful berries.

ABV 14.8%

Vintage 2021

Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon

Appellation Napa Valley

Fruit 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Aging 18 months in new French oak (54%) and American oak (23%) and used oak (21%)